Saved history · 1999 and 2000

Laws of the 106th Congress

The 580 public laws in our saved record for the Congress that met from January 3, 1999 to January 3, 2001, with the House and Senate tallies from the official vote files. The text of 1 law is Not published yet: Public Law 106-32.

580 laws
154 with a recorded vote · 426 passed with no recorded voteConfirmed from the official record

69,563 individual votes saved for this Congress.

Plain-language accounts for laws before January 3, 2025: Not started. A law's page shows the official title, the member votes we have saved and our saved files.

Public Law 106-580 · Became law National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Establishment Act

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-579 · Became law National Moment of Remembrance Act

To establish the White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-578 · Became law Internet False Identification Prevention Act of 2000

To strengthen the enforcement of Federal statutes relating to false identification, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-577 · Became law Education Land Grant Act

To establish the California Trail Interpretive Center in Elko, Nevada, to facilitate the interpretation of the history of development and use of trails in the settling of the western portion of the United States, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-576 · Became law Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000

To direct the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conserve and enhance the water supplies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 348–6Senate: without objection
H.R. 4656 · Became law Public Law 106-575

To authorize the Forest Service to convey certain lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin to the Washoe County School District for use as an elementary school site.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-574 · Became law Dillonwood Giant Sequoia Grove Park Expansion Act

To authorize the addition of land to Sequoia National Park, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-573 · Became law Installment Tax Correction Act of 2000

To repeal the modification of the installment method.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-572 · Became law Computer Crime Enforcement Act

To establish a grant program to assist State and local law enforcement in deterring, investigating, and prosecuting computer crimes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-571 · Became law Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance Amendments of 2000

To amend title 5, United States Code, to make permanent the authority under which comparability allowances may be paid to Government physicians, and to provide that such allowances be treated as part of basic pay for retirement purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-570 · Became law Assistance for International Malaria Control Act

To authorize additional assistance for international malaria control, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-569 · Became law American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000

To expand homeownership in the United States, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-568 · Became law Omnibus Indian Advancement Act

To authorize the construction of a Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place in Fort Pierre, South Dakota, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-567 · Became law Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-566 · Became law Hawaii Water Resources Reclamation Act of 2000

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the reclamation and reuse of water and wastewater in the State of Hawaii, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-565 · Became law Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission Act of 2000

To establish the Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3756 · Became law Public Law 106-564

To establish a standard time zone for Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-563 · Became law Lincoln Highway Study Act of 2000

To require the Secretary of the Interior to undertake a study regarding methods to commemorate the national significance of the United States roadways that comprise the Lincoln Highway, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-562 · Became law Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000

To complete the orderly withdrawal of the NOAA from the civil administration of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, and to assist in the conservation of coral reefs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-561 · Became law Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act of 2000

To improve the quality, timeliness, and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-560 · Became law Jeanna's Act

To provide protection against the risks to the public that are inherent in the interstate transportation of violent prisoners.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-559 · Became law Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act of 2000

To provide technical and legal assistance to tribal justice systems and members of Indian tribes, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 439 · Became law Public Law 106-558

To amend the National Forest and Public Lands of Nevada Enhancement Act of 1988 to adjust the boundary of the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada, and to amend chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize equal overtime pay provisions for all Federal employees engaged in wildland fire suppression operations.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-557 · Became law Shark Finning Prohibition Act

To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to eliminate the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5210 · Became law Public Law 106-556

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 South George Street in York, Pennsylvania, as the “George Atlee Goodling Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-555 · Became law Striped Bass Conservation, Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Management, and Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act of 2000

To reauthorize the Striped Bass Conservation Act, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-554 · Became law Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 292–60Senate: without objection
Public Law 106-553 · Became law District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2001

Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 206–198Senate 48–43
H.R. 5016 · Became law Public Law 106-552

To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 514 Express Center Road in Chicago, Illinois, as the “J.T. Weeker Service Center”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-551 · Became law Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection Act

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that have been designated as being no longer needed in research conducted or supported by the Public Health Service, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-550 · Became law James Madison Commemoration Commission Act

To establish a commission to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of James Madison.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 359–3Senate: without objection
S. 2594 · Became law Public Law 106-549

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the Mancos Water Conservancy District to use the Mancos Project facilities for impounding, storage, diverting, and carriage of nonproject water for the purpose of irrigation, domestic, municipal, industrial, and any other beneficial purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 1972 · Became law Public Law 106-548

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the town of Dolores, Colorado, the current site of the Joe Rowell Park.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-547 · Became law Enhanced Federal Security Act of 2000

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent the entry by false pretenses to any real property, vessel, or aircraft of the United States or secure area of any airport, to prevent the misuse of genuine and counterfeit police badges by those seeking to commit a crime, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-546 · Became law DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000

To make grants to States for carrying out DNA analyses for use in the Combined DNA Index System of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to provide for the collection and analysis of DNA samples from certain violent and sexual offenders for use in such system, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-545 · Became law ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000

To establish, wherever feasible, guidelines, recommendations, and regulations that promote the regulatory acceptance of new or revised scientifically valid toxicological tests that protect human and animal health and the environment while reducing, refining, or replacing animal tests and ensuring human safety and product effectiveness.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-544 · Became law Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000

To amend section 879 of title 18, United States Code, to provide clearer coverage over threats against former Presidents and members of their families, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 133 · Became law Public Law 106-543

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 129 · Became law Public Law 106-542

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-541 · Became law Water Resources Development Act of 2000

To provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 312–2Senate: without objection
H.J.Res. 128 · Became law Public Law 106-540

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 284–37Senate: without objection
H.J.Res. 127 · Became law Public Law 106-539

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 359–11Senate 96–1
Public Law 106-538 · Became law Las Cienegas National Conservation Area Establishment Act of 1999

To establish the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area in the State of Arizona.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 126 · Became law Public Law 106-537

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 378–6Senate 99–0
S. 3239 · Became law Public Law 106-536

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide special immigrant status for certain United States international broadcasting employees.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 3194 · Became law Public Law 106-535

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 431 North George Street in Millersville, Pennsylvania, as the “Robert S. Walker Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 379–7Senate: without objection
Public Law 106-534 · Became law Protecting Seniors From Fraud Act

To protect seniors from fraud.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-533 · Became law Congressional Recognition for Excellence in Arts Education Act

To amend the Congressional Award Act to establish a Congressional Recognition for Excellence in Arts Education Board.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-532 · Became law Dairy Market Enhancement Act of 2000

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to enhance dairy markets through dairy product mandatory reporting, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-531 · Became law Reports Consolidation Act of 2000

To amend chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code, to authorize the consolidation of certain financial and performance management reports required of Federal agencies, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 385–0Senate: without objection
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